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Sweden’s Volvo Cars on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit, prompting shares to rally by around 40% and putting the stock on track for its best-ever trading day.
Volvo Cars, which is owned by China’s Geely Holding, posted operating income for the July-September period of 6.4 billion Swedish kronor ($680.4 million), well above analysts’ expectations and up from 5.8 billion kronor a year earlier.
The company said the result was largely driven by its ongoing 18 billion kronor cost-saving program, as well as certain one-off items.
The Stockholm-listed stock price jumped as much 41% on Thursday morning, before paring gains. It reflects the firm’s biggest intraday gain since it started trading four years ago.
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